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Not all of them, mind you. But many keep getting stuck. Last year, Kotaku first reported that one train character kept getting stuck in doorways and ticket wickets, but as Dick King-Smith HQ noted on Twitter, that rotund mascot is not alone.

We fly down to Yufuin Floral Village to try the Ghibli-inspired bakery's goods for ourselves. A while back, we heard about Yufuin Floral Village, an entertainment and hotel complex in Kyushu's Oita Prefecture that looks like a small town in the Eu...

A three-episode OAD project based on Kore Yamazaki's fantasy manga series Mahou Tsukai no Yome/The Ancient Magus' Bride is officially announced today on March 10. A 160-second "Grand PV" to introduce its world view is now online.

This morning on one of Japan's most popular morning shows, co-host Rei Kikukawa experienced VR. It went something like this. Jump scares aren't exactly the nicest way to introduce people to VR! Later, the show said that Kikukawa, thankfully, did n...

An anime has been revealed to be in the works for "Ero-Manga Sensei - Imouto to Akazu no Ma", the newest series from the author and illustrator of Ore no Imouto that will hopefully be filled to the brim with a great deal of sensuous ero-manga stap...

The Pokémon Company just revealed a new smartphone game called Pokémon Comaster, with a new trailer showing off its board game-like title in development with Heroz Japan. While not much is known about the Pokémon Comaster other than what's shown i...

The 19th volume of Tsutomu Satou's Irregular at Magic High School light novel series is announcing on Thursday that a theatrical film has been green-lit. The announcement proclaims that "Tatsuya Shiba will become a legend.

We haven't heard much about Nippon Ichi Software's upcoming PS Vita dungeon crawler Coven and Labyrinth of Refrain since its delay in January, but the company just revealed its latest trailer. The game is set in a town called Refrain that has a la...

The Man At Arms : REFORGED YouTube show is known for forging weapons from comics, movies, and animation every week, and their latest webisode features Asuna's final weapon in the Aincrad arc of Sword Art Online.

March 9 is Hastune Miku's Thanksgiving Day in Japan. The Japanese word for "3" can be pronounced as "mi" and "9" as "ku" - hence Miku Day! An alternative Japanese pronunciation for 3 and 9 is "San-kyuu", which sounds like "Thank you".

Following the successful Sailor Moon Crystal series, Konin Todoke Seisakujo/Design Laboratory for Marriage Paperworks added two new set of its marriage paper featuring the most popular vocaloid character, Hatsune Miku, on March 9 (Hatsune Miku's d...

SNK Playmore released the latest teaser trailer for The King of Fighters XIV,showcasing Chin Gentsai, Choi Bounge, and Fatal Fury's Tung Fu Rue as playable characters. The King of Fighters XIV is set to be released exclusively for the PlayStation ...

The upcoming Macross Delta series got its first episode previewed at the end of last year but now things are taking firmer shape ahead of the spring premiere. The latest installment of Animedia magazine is revealing that the show is scheduled to d...

The Asterisk War's official website released the second season's promotional video. The video previews Shiena Nishizawa's opening theme song "The Asterisk War. " Haruka Chisuga will perform the ending theme song "Ai no Uta -words of love-.

One Piece: Burning Blood is releasing next month in Japan, and we got a look at the latest with some matchups between some of the series' main characters in the latest footage. The above video shows off Luffy, Ace, and Sabo against Chopper, Sanji,...

Seiko Oomori revealed MV for "TOKYO BLACK HOLE", the title tune for her upcoming new album "TOKYO BLACK HOLE" to be released on March 23. Contributor Wanted! ! The music video was directed by up-and-coming cutting-edge creator Kensaku Kakimoto.

Dōkyūsei (Classmates), the theatrical anime adaptation of the boys' love manga by Asumiko Nakamura that debuted in Japan this February will get a limited theatrical release in the U. S. courtesy Aniplex starting May 6.

After a 6 years hiatus that saw her releasing only one song, "Sakura Nagashi", for the 3rd Evangelion Movie in 2012, Hikki is back! Officially announcing her return as well as a new release, the theme song for an upcoming NHK TV series "Toto Nee-c...

Sentai Filmworks announced a new license today with the addition of 2008 comedy-fantasy anime Hatenkou Yugi. The series-which was directed by Nobuhiro Takamoto (Beelzebub), with Yasuhiro Imagawa (Souten no Ken) on series composition for the Studio...

Since I'm living both the college student and working adult life right now, I've been out of the loop from the J-Pop/J-Rock/Idol scene for quite sometime. I follow all the mainstream groups since it's so easy to find information but I am sorely la...

As previously reported, The Ring's Sadako and Ju-on's Kayako will be facing off in new movie "Sadako vs Kayako". The film will open on June 18. The film stars Yamamoto Mizuki, who will be caught in between the two spirits.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X is releasing in Japan later this month on PlayStation Vita, and Sega revealed its latest trailer that shows off some track clips of the upcoming rhythm game. The video features "Hajimete no Oto" (malo), "LOL -lots of l...

The staff and crew of Gintama held a special event celebrating the anime's 10th anniversary! The voice cast commented on the achievement: Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki) "A lot of things are celebrating anniversaries.

Today, Hoshino Gen was announced as the Grand Prize winner of The 8th CD Shop Awards 2016 for his album "YELLOW DANCER. " The album was chosen from 8 final nominees that were selected by record store staff from across Japan.

KAT-TUN tops the singles chart with 26th single UNLOCK selling over 194,000 copies. The title track has tie-up as theme song for TV drama series Kaito Yamaneko staring member Kamenashi Kazuya. Landing at #2 is fictional idol group μ's (Muse) from ...

'この素晴らしい店に祝福を！' (Kono Subarashii Mise ni Shukufuku wo! ) "God's Blessing On This Wonderful Shop! " I'm not quite sure how this happens, but it looks like Stilts missed out on an episode that would have had his fingers moving at the speed of light.

モーニング娘。 '16 Interview - February 27, 2016 Interviewer: Sherrily Huang, Photographer: BigFreaky Hello! Project's flagship group made their first appearance as the '16 version at Houston's Anime Masturi convention which ran from February 26 - 28, 2016.

By Joel Couture . March 10, 2016 . 1:00pm Ittle and Tippsie are set to crash land on yet another island this Summer with Ittle Dew 2, a top-down adventure game of puzzles and monster-slashing action coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

After a solid, if inconsistent, collection of episodes in Naruto Shippuden Box Set 22 we arrive hopefully at the shores of Box Set 23. Alas, the good ship Naruto has docked in filler bay and stays there right up until the very last episode of this...

Luna Sea, a J-rock band formed in Kanagawa, will be making their return to the anime realm with a song titled "Limit". "Limit" will serve as the opening theme song to Brain Base's upcoming anime, Endride, which is about a boy who travels to a fant...

As the "Gintama" manga covers its final arc, the producers of the beloved anime announced that the ongoing TV series would end this month. By Peter de Jesus | Mar 09, 2016 05:54 AM EST As the "Gintama" manga covers its final arc, the producers of ...